Potatoes from seedlings

[ina]

Has anybody ever done that? When helping a friend with weeding, we found a tiny potato plant that was quite obviously a seedling. Being me, I couldn't pass on that opportunity and took the poor little plant home. Have had it in a pot since, but it's not grown much. Now, will I be able to grow potatoes from that eventually?

[Peggy Sue]

Ina it's possible it was from a really tiny potato tuber not dug up with the rest or even a bit of potato peeling in some compost. I know they readily grow into potato plants but having left some of htese in the compost heap in the past I never had a crop, I guess maybe you need a larger mother seed to get a plateful of spuds? But then again maybe I didn't wait long enough?

[ina]

Yeah, of course it might be from a tiny tuber - but it might also be from a seed; after all, that's how new varieties are bred. So that's kind of my hope, that I might have a new, absolutely brilliant variety in the making!

Well, I'll keep and eye on it - let's see how long it survives.

[Peggy Sue]

I might have a new, absolutely brilliant variety in the making!

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Will it be called the Ina Piper?

[ina]

Will it be called the Ina Piper?

Or the Kincardineshire Wonder?

[Millymollymandy]

If you'd found it in France it might have been a Ratte. I love saying that I'm eating Rattes from the garden!

[Peggy Sue]

If you'd found it in France it might have been a Ratte. I love saying that I'm eating Rattes from the garden!

Oh now I think I'm going to have to find some Rattes to grow just to say that to the MIL!

[old tree man]

if you find another ratte plant will that make a ratte two ee, sorry could'nt resist that

[Millymollymandy]

Groan!